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That Was Awful, Jays Lose Badly
Royals A Lot Blue Jays Not Much That was bad right from the start. Spencer Arrighetti gave up two runs in the first (one in a game opening home run) and two runs in the second. He ended up going four innings, with four runs (three earned, Arrighetti made the error), five hits, two walks […]
Royals @ Jays Game Thread
Game three with the Royals. A win would be nice. I spent part of the morning buying some fish. I have two good sized fish tanks, but they have been sitting empty for a year. We went on holiday for a month last year and our son watched the house, but he didn’t notice that […]
Jays Roster Moves: Michael Lorenzen Signed
I knew, when Chad Dallas was so good last night, that he would be on his way back to Buffalo today. Thanks for the 2.2 scoreless innings, here is a bus ticket back to Buffalo. That is is fifth option of the year, so if he’s back, he’s back to stay. The Jays signed Michael […]
Thursday Jays Notes
Happy Thursday; we’ve almost made it to the end of another week. I’ve been trying to hold off on posting this until the expected roster move to send Chad Dallas back down to Buffalo. A question I have: I’m not sure how you would go about studying this, but teams are surprisingly successful on ‘bullpen […]
Today in Blue Jays history: Jays trade for David Cone
34 Years Ago Today On August 27, 1992, the Blue Jays acquired David Cone from the Mets in a trade. This was the first of two times the Jays traded for Cone. In exchange, Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson were sent to New York. At the time of the trade, the Jays held a 72-55 […]
Lukes Plays Hero, Jays Win
Royals 0 Blue Jays 3 I don’t like bullpen days, but teams are very successful on bullpen days. And the Jays have been especially successful on bullpen days. I don’t like them because we go through so many pitchers. It messes up the pen for the next few days. Today we used seven pitchers. Seven: […]
Royals @ Jays Game Thread
Game Two of Three with the Royals, who are now on a 9 game win streak. Ending it would be a good idea. Also it would be nice if we were make fewer mistakes. Vlad throwing wide of first (he leads first basemen with eight errors, for a .990 fielding average). And Lukes….well, we’ve talked […]
Wednesday Jays Notes
29 games to go. I was thinking that going 18-11 would, likely, get the Jays into the playoffs. That’s a pretty high bar to clear. It does mean there can be more losses than we’d like. The Jays say that Spencer Miles will open tonight’s game. They also say he won’t throw more than 30 […]
Happy Birthday David Price
Today marks David Price’s 41st birthday. Although Price was with the Blue Jays for just three months, those months were incredibly exciting. The Blue Jays acquired him on July 30th, 2015, when the team was 52-51, tied for second place and six games behind the Yankees. After Price joined, the Jays went 41-18 and finished […]
Jays Lose Another Frustrating Game
Royals 5 Blue Jays 3 Well, that was a frustrating game. As I said in the thread, we weren’t going to run the table. If they had to win every game left to get into the playoffs, it wasn’t going to happen. They need to win most of their games, but not all of them. […]
Royals @ Jays Game Thread
The first of three against the Royals. Game #133. The Royals are on an eight-game win streak and are still last in the AL Central. And the Jays are down another starting pitcher. Thankfully Jameson Taillon should be back next week. But, this week, relievers are going to throw a lot of innings. Guys like […]
Jays Notes: Injury Updates
There are a whole mess of injury updates: And they are saying that tomorrow will be a bullpen day. Spencer Arrighetti will start Thursday (my mom would do Alphagetti for us on Thurdays, if my dad wasn’t going to be home for supper)(no one cares Tom), and they are going to need some innings out […]
Shane Bieber put on 15-Day IL
Blue Jays starting pitcher Shane Bieber has been added to the 15-day IL with right teres major inflammation. Chad Dallas is being called up from the AAA Buffalo Bisons to take his roster spot. For those who, like me, didn’t know what a teres major is, it’s a muscle that runs from your shoulder blade […]
Jays/Royals Series Preview
The Jays start a three-game series against the AL Central last-place Kansas City Royals. The Royals are 58-74. But in August,, they are 12-9, and on an eight-game winning streak. On the season, they are 10th in the AL in runs scored, at 4.24 runs/game (Jays are last at 3.95). In runs allowed, they are […]
Today in Jays History: Three Jays Picked Off In One Inning
43 Years Ago This game stands out vividly in my memory—and I’m certain everyone who watched it remembers it just as well. Orioles left-handed reliever Tippy Martinez famously picked off three Blue Jays in the top of the tenth inning. There was a bit of backstory. The Jays were up 3-1 in the bottom of […]
Off-Day Open Thread
The Jays have this Monday off (and next Monday). Having Monday off is a good thing. I’ve always liked holiday Mondays. They have 30 games left (and fortunately enough, no 17-game streaks without a day off. They are a game and a half back of the last Wild Card spot. And would have to jump […]
Jays Lose To Yankees
Jays 3 Yankees 8 Well, we weren’t going to win every series for the rest of the season. We’ve been on a very good run. Hopefully that ‘good run’ will continue after tomorrow. The game turned in the bottom of the sixth. Jose Soriano was at 93 pitches. I thought he might be coming out […]
Jays @ Yankees Game Thread
Game #132…..it is getting serious. And the Jays are half a game out of a Wild Card spot. Once again, we have an early game. And I have tennis til then so getting the Game Thread together early. They don’t have the lineups posted yet. Or told us what the roster move of the day […]
Jays Hang On To Beat Yankees
Blue Jays 4 Yankees 3 Well, that will get your blood pressure up. Bottom of the ninth, Jays up by one. Louis Varland in. Jazz Chisholm Jr. leads off with a double to the wall in center. But he strikes out Austin Wells (with Wells using the Yankees’ last challenge on the strike three pitch). […]
Jays @ Yankees Game Thread
It is a busy day here at Casa Dakers, my wife’s birthday. We are having friends over and someone is expected to barbecue steaks. I don’t think I’ve ever barbecued 20ish steaks all at one time. They will be barbecued medium rare (likely closer to rare) and if anyone wants their steak well done: It […]
Jays Lose 3-1 to Yankees
Cam Schlittler was always going to be a tough assignment. They managed six hits and three walks off him, which under most circumstances you’d have to say was a good day, but couldn’t push more than one across. The Jays pitching staff was in some sense even better, allowing just four total hits and five […]
Jays @ Yankees GameThread
The Jays arrive in Yankee Stadium today to take on the current top wildcard. As things currently stand, it’ll be the last team above .500 they play this season. From Tuesday on out they play, in descending order of current record, the Rangers (63-65), Guardians (62-66), Tigers (61-66), Reds (61-67), Orioles (2x) (61-67), Mariners (60-68), […]
Today in Blue Jays History: Jays Trade for Jose Bautista
Eighteen years ago, the Blue Jays traded Robinzon Diaz to the Pirates in exchange for Jose Bautista. At the time, the trade received little fanfare—even Bluebird Banter didn’t cover it immediately. Only later did we discuss its significance. In hindsight, it became the best trade of J.P. Ricciardi’s tenure. The news did get into a […]
Great Start From Bieber, Jays Beat Rays
Blue Jays 5 Rays 1 What a nice game. It never seemed to be in doubt, even though we didn’t really blow the Rays out. Shane Bieber was terrific. Likely the best we’ve seen him in a Blue Jays uniform. He went seven innings, allowing just four hits, no walks with seven strikeouts, with just […]
Jays @ Rays Game Thread
Game three in the ballpark of the damned. This is game #129. It is starting to get serious. I spent a fair bit of time, this morning, cleaning a fish tank. I had a few fish in it and then we went on holiday, with my son looking after the house. Well, the filter stopped […]
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